Earlier the bank urged customers to get in touch: "if any customers are having continued difficulties please call on 0845 7242424 if an RBS customer or 0845 7888 444 if a NatWest customer so we can resolve their issues."

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has apologised to customers who faced disruption to their banking services last night and said services have now returned to normal. A spokesperson for the RBS group told the BBC:

"We are disappointed that our customers have faced disruption to banking services for a period this evening, and apologise for that. All services are now running as normal again.

"If any customers are having continued difficulties please call on 0845 7242424 if an RBS customer or 0845 7888 444 if a NatWest customer so we can resolve their issues."